Improvement in broom and mop holders



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GEORGE B. ISHAM, OF BURLINGTON, VERMONT.

IMPROVEMENT IN BROOM AND MOP HOLDERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 120,818, dated November 14, 1871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, GEORGE B. ISHAM, of Burlington, in the county of Chittenden and State of Vermont, have invented a new and Improved Device for Holding Brooms, Mops, Whips, &c., in a vertical position, of which the following is a specification:

The natureof my invention consists in makin g of suitable materials-brass, iron, copper, rubber, tee-a concentric self-adjusting holding device for hanging up brooms, mops, whips, canes, or any similar article, said holder to be secured to wall or other suitable place; or the holders maybe placed on or secured to a rin g or hoop for the purpose of holding a number of articles, said hoop to be suspended from ceiling.

Figure 1 is a front view, showing manner of holding a broom or mop. Fig. 2 is a section on line H H.

A A is the frame of holder, having a pair of concentric grooves or slots, B B, in which work freely the metal, rubber, or wood rollers C O, which rollers are secured to the frame A, as shown by Fig. 2. D D are enlarged spaces for taking out rollers 0 C should it be desirable so to do. E is a screw for holding the Jame A to wall or other place, Vsaid screw E being assisted by the I dowels F F. (See Fig. 2.) G is the handle of a broom or mop as held by the rollers O C. The holder can be made of any size, to accommodate articles of larger size than those already mentioned.

To use the holder, push up the rollers by placing the handle of broom or other article under them until they admit the said article to pass between them, when they will drop and clinch said Aarticle firmly. To disengage an article raise described.

GEORGE B. ISHAM.

Witnesses E. G. RYER, T. E. WALEs. (22) 

